vista

vue, panorama

Vue étendue sur un paysage lointain, notamment à travers une ouverture ou dans l’axe d’un chemin.

En anglais simple : A wide view of distant scenery, especially through a gap or along a path.

• A beautiful vista opened before us.
• Through the trees, we saw a vista of distant mountains.
• The hotel windows frame sweeping vistas of the sea.

Comment l'utiliser : a vista of something (The window offered a vista of fields and distant hills.)

Synonymes : view, panorama, prospect

Expressions courantes : a mountain vista, a sweeping vista, vista of mountains

perspective, vision

Image que l’on se fait d’expériences passées ou de possibilités futures.

En anglais simple : A picture in your mind of past experiences or future possibilities.

• A new vista of hope opened before her.
• The letter revealed a painful vista of the past.
• Travel offered him vistas of adventures still to come.

Comment l'utiliser : a vista of something (The discovery opened a vista of new possibilities.)

Synonymes : vision, prospect

Expressions courantes : new vista, vista of possibilities, vista of pleasure

point de vue, belvédère

Endroit d’où l’on peut voir un paysage au loin.

En anglais simple : A place from which you can see distant scenery.

• We stopped at a scenic vista.
• The trail leads to a vista above the lake.
• Several roadside vistas have places to park.

Synonymes : viewpoint, lookout, overlook

Expressions courantes : a scenic vista, a roadside vista, stop at a vista

aménager une perspective

Aménager ou présenter un lieu pour en faire une vue sur le paysage.

En anglais simple : To arrange or present a place as a view of scenery.

• The designer sought to vista the garden.
• They vistaed the grounds with long avenues of trees.
• An opening in the wall vistas the valley beyond.

Expressions courantes : vista the grounds, vista a garden